PFC William B. Baugh, a U.S. Marine born near here on July 7, 1930, served with Company G, 3rd Battalion, First Marines, First Marine Division (Reinforced). During a nighttime enemy attack on a motorized column en route from Koto-ri to Hagaru-ri, Korea, while serving as a member of an Anti-Tank Assault Squad, a hostile grenade landed in his truck. He shouted a warning to the other Marines in the vehicle and hurled himself upon the grenade, saving his comrades from injury or death. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for gallantry at the risk of his life to spare others serious injury, and gave his life on Nov. 29, 1950.